Dagger-knife with sheath · Nigeria, Adamawa, Tiv or Vere · ID: 3035131
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, GermanySize
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
bronze with patina, elaborate handle, partly open worked sheath, min. dam., slight traces of usage and abrasion;
in Adamawa can be found beautifully designed knives with bronze plate cast handles and thin, cast metal sheaths which are supposed to resemble leatherwork.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 33, ill. 40